I use a command line tool in debian called sysv-rc-conf. its a nvurses front 
end that works nicely for this kind of stuff

On Tuesday 29 January 2008 07:53, Michael Havens wrote:
> how does one turn off unneeded stuff in debian? I found this list which
> describes what the services do but it is for redhat and it seems debian
> services aren't in /sbin/chkconfig. Google doesn't seem to help so I must
> turn to you.
>
> here is that list found at
> http://www.michaelminn.com/linux/notebooks/toshiba-m35x.html :
>
> Below is a list of services that were turned on by default that I have
> turned off.
>
>     * acpid: unnecessary power management
>     * apmd: unnecessary power management
>     * autofs: for automount - which I find annoying
>     * avahi-daemon: a network service I don't need since I'm not on a
> network * bluetooth: this machine isn't bluetooth enabled
>     * cpuspeed: unnecessary cpu throttling?
>     * cups: I don't regularly use a printer - leave this if you do
>     * cups-config-daemon: (ditto)
>     * gpm: some kind of clipboard handler
>     * haldaemon: some kind of unnecessary hardware monitor
>     * hidd: Bluetooth human interface daemon
>     * hplip: Unused Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing service
>     * irqbalance: Multiprocessor interrupt balancing - unneeded since this
> is a uniprocessor system
>     * isdn: ISDN service, which I don't have
>     * kudzu: Another annoying hardware monitor for non-power users
>     * mdmonitor: RAID support service
>     * messagebus: Some kind of application intercommunication service
>     * netfs: Network file system mounter - unneeded if you're not on a LAN
>     * nfslock: File locking with network file systems
>     * portmap: Supports dangerous network RPC calls
>     * readahead_early: Program preloader. How do you know what programs I'm
> gonna use!?
>     * rpcidmapd: More dangerous RPC call support
>     * rpcgssd: More dangerous RPC call support
>     * rpcsvcgssd: More dangerous RPC call support
>     * sendmail: System mail handler - all my mail is handled by an outside
> server
>     * smartd: Unnecessary Disk status monitor
>     * sshd: Permits secure shell login - security risk
>
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